Position Summary:

Lead as a Senior Enrollment Specialist – Where Great Stories Begin!

Adams State University invites an innovative Senior Enrollment Specialist to lead our admissions recruitment team, mentor counselors, and drive student success in Colorado’s scenic San Luis Valley. Reporting to the Director of Admissions, the Senior Enrollment Specialist advances key departmental goals while championing ASU's institutional commitment to all people, places, and perspectives.

What You Will Do

• Supervise & Mentor Teams: Serve as a lead Enrollment Specialist directly supervising, onboarding, and coaching Admissions Counselors, Transfer Coordinators, and Student Ambassadors to achieve department enrollment goals.
• Analyze Data & Drive Strategy: Act as an analytical Enrollment Specialist tracking recruitment data, performing quantitative analysis, and managing counselor productivity metrics.
• Coordinate Recruitment Outreach: Serve as the primary Enrollment Specialist organizing college fairs, high school presentations, Grizz Bizz registration activities, financial aid nights, and campus visits.
• Build Strategic Campus Partnerships: Function as an Enrollment Specialist liaison collaborating with academic departments, Athletics, Concurrent Enrollment, and the Prison Education Program.
• Evaluate & Audit Applications: Review applications for low-index students and act as the Enrollment Specialist subject matter expert on transfer policies.

What You Bring

• Education & Experience: Bachelor’s degree required along with 2–3 years of experience in student recruitment/admissions or extensive higher education sales for this Senior Enrollment Specialist position.
• Core Competencies: Strong quantitative analysis skills, strategic planning expertise, excellent oral/written communication, and a deep commitment to trust, integrity, inclusiveness, and diversity.
• Preferred Assets: Master’s degree in higher education administration or student affairs, experience in a 4-year public institution, and a proven track record of increasing student enrollment.

Why You’ll Love Working Here

• Campus & Location: Located in Alamosa, Colorado, Adams State offers an inspiring campus environment with vibrant culture and unparalleled outdoor access in the Rocky Mountain region.
• Compensation & Perks: Full-time (1.0 FTE) salary range of 47,400–56,900. Benefits include medical, dental, vision, disability, life insurance, flexible spending accounts, and retirement savings plans. Visit the Adams State Human Resources Benefits Page for details.

Ready to Join Us?

If you are an energetic Enrollment Specialist ready to shape student journeys and elevate higher education access, apply today at https://adams.wd1.myworkdayjobs.com/ASU!

Application priority date: 11/15/2026.

Completed applications include the following:

• Cover letter
• Resume

Questions please contact: Mark Buck [email protected]

Full Job Description

Adams State University is committed to building and expanding the talent of its professional staff and actively seeks qualified applicants who bring unique perspectives, experiences, skills, and attributes that can augment the perspectives of our current faculty and staff and can contribute to serving and preparing our students to engage and thrive in their learning, leadership, and service.

We strive to create a more representative workforce that mirrors the people who study, work, and lead our institution and welcome applications from candidates from all walks of life, especially members of communities who fall within state and federally protected classes such as: women, BIPOC, LGBTQ+ individuals, veterans, and people with disabilities.

We value qualified candidates, with varied language skills, who have a record of successful experience with varied communities and student populations, and who have a deep understanding of and commitment to the unique geographical and historical characteristics of the place we are situated in and the intersecting perspectives that define our university being a low-income, first-generation, and Hispanic-serving, rural anchor university. Therefore, we seek individuals committed to intentionally supporting students and colleagues who possess these characteristics through their teaching, service, and scholarship.

The successful candidate will join a campus that is dedicated to inclusive excellence and acknowledges Adams State’s purpose to foster the educational goals of its students and the well-being of the surrounding community.

Additional information about the university and the academic mission may be found at www.adams.edu/academics/
 

Disclosures:

In compliance with the Immigration Control Act of 1968 candidates for positions must provide proof of eligibility to work before an offer of employment can be made final.

Adams State University is committed to providing a safe and secure environment for its students, faculty, staff and visitors, and to protecting its funds, property and other assets. Well-informed hiring decisions contribute to this effort. Therefore, Adams State University has adopted a policy on background screening for its prospective, continuing, and returning employees as well as students in certain circumstances. Offers of employment will be contingent upon the completion of an acceptable background check. The information received in response to a background check will be treated as confidential to the extent provided for by law.

Title IX of the Education Amendments of 1972 and Part 106 of the Code of Federal Regulations (CFR) prohibits discrimination on the basis of sex, including in admission and employment. Inquiries about the application of Title IX and CFR 106 to Adams State University (ASU) may be directed to ASU's Office of Equal Opportunity, and/or to the Assistant Secretary for Civil Rights of the Department of Education. Support resources for sexual misconduct, ASU's  sexual misconduct policies, contact information for the Adams State University's Office of Equal Opportunity & Title IX, as well as a detailed  procedure for filing a grievance due to discrimination on the basis of sex may be found online at  https://www.adams.edu/administration/oeo/reporting-sexual-harassment/.  These  procedures also describe the University's response to reports and/or complaints of sex discrimination or sexual harassment.  

Adams State University is an Equal Opportunity/Affirmative Action employer. Applications are sought from all qualified persons regardless of race, color, sex, disability, and, as covered by law, veteran status. In addition, University policies prohibit discrimination on the basis of religion, national origin, ancestry, age, sexual orientation including transgender status and gender expression, marital status, and parental status.